Automorphism groups of toroidal horospherical varieties

Abstract

We establish a structure theorem for the connected automorphism groups of smooth complete toroidal horospherical varieties, that is, toric fibrations over rational homogeneous spaces. The key ingredient is a characterization of the Demazure roots of toric fibers that extend to the total space. In particular, we provide a criterion for the reductivity of the connected automorphism groups of such varieties. As an application, we prove the K-unstability of certain ${\mathbb{P}}^1$-bundles over rational homogeneous spaces.

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